Dolly.



M. J. TROTT.

DOLLY.

APPLICATION FILED BEPT.16, 1911.

Patented Nov. 12,1912.

1 following is a full, clear, and exact descrip-.

Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of one of the orricia.

MORRILL J. TROTT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DULLY.

Specification of Letters Iatent.

Patented Nov. 12, 1M2.

Application filed September 16, 1911. Serial, No. 649,701.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, MoimILL J. Tnorrr a citizen, of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dollies; and I do hereby declare that the tion of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and-to the num bers of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

In many shops, warehouses and elsewhere, it is necessary to. handle heavy weights, sometimes shifting the position but slightly and sometimes moving the same considerable distances and in some instances, as, for ex ample, in a garage, the spacein whiclrt "operate is comparatively small and in shifting or moving a car laterally, it is important that the smallest possible mechanism be used, and such as requires but small space for operation.

The object of this invention is to afford adolly truck adapted for use in moving or shifting heavy bodies and adapted when a body is supported thereon to permit movement thereof in any direction.

It is also an object of the invention to afford a lever fulcrum upon a. caster wheel or wheels and by the use of which the load may be shifted in any direction when supported on the lever;

. The invention consists in the matters hereinafter described and more fully pointed out and defined in the appended claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of a device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a front elevation. Fig. t is an enlarged. fragmentary section taken longitudinally of the beam and showing the housing and bear-' ing for one of the caster wheels broken away.

caster wheels.

As shown 1n the drawings: 1 indicates a beam having rigidly secured by bolting or otherwise at each end thereof, a housing} comprising a plate 2, secured on the under l side of the beam and to which is rigidly, secured an annular member 3, provided at l its lower edge with an inwardly directedl flange 4. A caster wheel 5', rotatably se-,l cured upon an offset or eccentric fork 6, is rotatably secured on said beam by means;

of the fork and in which are balls 8, afi'ording an anti-friction hearing. In consequence, the pomt of bearing of the wheel upon the floor being eccentric with the anti- -friction bearing, the beam may be pushed in any direction, thecaster forks readily revolvfing to suitably dispose the wheels for such movement.

Rigidly bolted at one of its ends to the beam at its middle is a tapered lever 9, which may be of any desired length, and which at its end above the beam, is stepped to afford shoulders 10 and 11. As shown, also, a brace bar 12,-is rigidly secured on said lever at the rear side of the beam and extends beneath said beam and forwardly thereover and is shaped or formed to afford a rela tivcly sharp upwardly and forwardly inclined step 13 to engage beneath the object to be lifted when close to the floor. Integrally united therewith is a brace bar oi" slice 14, which extends rearwardly affording a. lower step or shoulder and extends upwardly and over the shoulders or steps 10 and 11; The bolts, whereby the lever9 is engaged on the beam, pass through said brace bar or bolt 14, and rigidly unite all to a ford an exceedingly strong construction.

The operation is as follows: When it is desired to use the dolly the upper end of the: lcver may be lifted to engage the step 13, beneath the object to be lifted if Very near the floor or to engage either of the shoulders 10 or 11, beneath the same. Then using the lever as a lever of the second class, the weight is raised above the floor and may be shifted in any direction desired, the dolly being used by means of its lever as an ordinary truck would be or permitting lateral movement, if desired. The device may be used also ,a lever by insertii'ig the dolly beneath the load and lifting upwardly on the lever S).

Of course, details of the construction may be varied and I do'not pit-pose to limit the patent to be granted onxthis application otherwise than necessitated by the prior art.

I claim as my invention.

l. A dolly embracing, a beam, a caster wheel journaled beneath each end thereof a tapered lever secured on said beam at its middle and extending transversely of the same, one end of said lever at the beam having a section of shoulders thereon, and a shoe engaged on said end and intertitting with said shoulders.

2. A doll embracing a beam, a rigid plate secured on each end thereof, a caster wheel rotatably secured thereon, a lever secured on said beam at its middle and extending transv versely of the same, one end of said lever at the beam having shoulders thereon and the other tapering to its extremity, and a neath the beam and forwardly thereover d and shaped to afford a relatively sharp up wardly and forwardly inclined step.

4..A dolly embracing a beam, a caster wheel journaled beneath each end thereofla lever secured on said beam at its middle and extending transversely to the same, one end of said lever at the beam having shoulders thereon and the other tapering to its extremity, a brace bar rigidly secured .on said lever at the rear side of the beam and extending beneath the beam and forwardly therem'er and shaped to alford a relatively sharp upwardly and "forwardly inclined step, a bar integrally connected therewith and extending rearwardly and, upwardly over the shoulders said lever to atl'ord a lower 'step.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. v

MORRILL J. 'lROTT.

Witnesses:

CHARLES VVQ HILLS, J r., GEORGE Rt MOORE. 

